–Bought and paid $550 for a Southard Tolk on reddit, “A+ condition.” Through an incredible bit of luck searching for the URL for my spreadsheet, I found that the seller had bought the knife on reddit 3 months ago: $340, B+ condition, with modded bearings, snail trails on the scales and a scuff on the blade. I got a quick refund, as the seller had “forgotten about the snail trails,” and the rating, the mod, the scuff, etc. What a major asshole.
–It’s a whirlwind life…
–A gray day.
–Cleaned the Erie skillet; organized batteries and charging cables.
–Fiddled some more with Koenig Arius. Can’t get it perfect; will sell.
–Talked at some length with a Vanguard retirement guy. No surprise: we need more info on Misako’s IRA before they can figure out the RMD. Surprise (to me): Grace has to take the RMD on her standard IRA this year.
–Went to Staples and got a couple of chair mats. Useless: they’re really thin (for floor or low-pile rug) and so the chair wheels just sink in and make depressions.
–Turkeys were massed in front of our house again at twilight. Grace and I tried to scare them off, but they are perfectly persistent: if they see any opening to our driveway, they just sort of ooze around you and head back. One would need a dog or a large posse to get rid of them–if that’s possible.
–Shirogorov Quantum v1 came in. Mind-bogglingly perfect, and I can even move the pivot!
–Made pizza for dinner. Had to grate some cheddar–not my favorite pizza cheese.
–Continued refining watch collection: what to keep, what to sell.
–Nike Pegasus’s came in. Nice shoes, but mighty large.
–Shirogorov tool set came in. Since I had found the missing bit from the first one I didn’t really need it. Played around with both a bit, messed one up and tossed it.
–Turkeys on the roof again tonight.
–Took Grace shopping at Koreana Plaza.
–Bought a $35,000 Daytona (2000, white dial, full set, unpolished) from Kirill Yuzh. Unbelievable.
–Re-re-bent the frame lock on the Koenig and got it perfect.
–Continued buying knives.
–Went to Folsom farmers market for mandarins and lettuce.
–Went to Bel Air for dessert and cheese.
–Dove into the cataloging of folding knives.
–At Grace’s request, re-hooked up the HDMI wireless extender, to see if it fails with distance/obstructions.
© 2025 WSF Journal
Theme by Anders Noren — Up ↑